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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
Of course - I'll share some thoughts this evening!- Jaysen
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What you need to know about finance for your interviews - live event on 6 April 2023
Hey everyone, On Thursday, 6 April 2023, we are running an in-person event. This event is completely free and open to everyone - if you are reading this, you are invited! I'll be delivering a presentation on "What you need to know about finance for your interviews." I'm planning for it now...- Jaysen
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- Forum: TCLA General News
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
When trying to understand the commercial world, one of the things I find most helpful is to write about it and send it to someone else. Writing about it is a very good exercise to see if you actually understand it and sending it to someone else forces you to learn how to explain it clearly. I...- Jaysen
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
First Citizens has agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, which has seen financial stocks somewhat recover this morning. First Citizens has a history of buying failed banks. It will be buying $72bn of SVB assets and all of the deposits and loans that were transferred to a bridge bank after SVB's...- Jaysen
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, is now under attention with its share price falling about 8% on Friday. The concern spread to several major banks across Europe. While investors remain concerned that rising interest rates could impact more banks following the fallout from Silicon Valley...- Jaysen
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
TikTok’s boss was in the US this week facing a congressional hearing, amid threats from the US to force a sale or ban the app. The company is owned by Chinese technology firm Bytedance, which has led to national security and data concerns given the scale of its popularity in the US.- Jaysen
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My journey to a TC-Non UK law degree
I really like the honesty and transparency here Aditya - please keep it up :)- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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My journey to a TC - seeking advice on how to improve
Will be rooting for you - best of luck :) When deciding what to do to build my confidence, I usually find it helpful to ask myself the question: What could I do that would be helpful right now that I am avoiding because it’s scary?- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4.25%. The view is that the banking system remains robust despite the current situation regarding SVB/Credit Suisse.- Jaysen
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
This week, I've found The Economist's Espresso to be very good for snappy, relevant updates. When I was applying, I used to read The Economist weekly because I like that the articles were opinionated and reflected the history of a topic (and they helped me to develop my own opinions on these...- Jaysen
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Learn commercial awareness with me ahead of training contract interviews
Hey all, This is a bit of an experiment. Much of my time has been recently focused on building TCLA and I'm now 'getting back into' staying on top of current business affairs. I'll use this thread for accountability/reflect on what I'm doing and what is/isn't working for me. You are very...- Jaysen
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Free Workshop with American Express: Understanding the role of an in-house lawyer
Hi All, We don't really talk much about in-house roles here and it's certainly something I didn't really understand why I was applying, but I suspect it will become a more common entry point in the future. That's why I thought it would be interesting to run a free workshop for members of the...- Jaysen
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Journey to a TC
It's definitely not too late @legal_cyclist - it's really nice for us to read about your journey. First of all, I wouldn't see it as a bad thing that you focused on your university experience when getting to university. You have many years to think about your legal career and I think it's...- Jaysen
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23
Sorry for the delay @LL - I have updated your permissions and this should be working for you now :)- Jaysen
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Hi all, For those of you who saw the discussion that happened yesterday, I think it’s important for you to know how @Jessica Booker and I are managing this situation and that we are taking it seriously. I want members of this community to be able to have conversations about important issues...- Jaysen
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Ashour's Journey to a TC
Keep up the great work Mohamed!- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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a confused law student's TC journey :)
Amazing news, well done :)- Jaysen
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
This is awesome to read. Well done :)- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion